On .NET

.NET CoreEdit

.NET FrameworkEdit

• http://www.microsoft.com/net
• Desc. : a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows.
• References
  • .NET Framework 4.6 and 4.5 Class Library
  • .NET Framework 4 Class Library
    • System.Collections.Generic Namespace
    • System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations Namespace
      • [Range], [Required], [Validation], ...
• Readings
  • .NET Framework (Wikipedia)
  • Common Language Runtime(CLR) (Wikipedia)
    • the virtual machine component of Microsoft's .NET framework, manages the execution of .NET programs
  • Common Language Infrastructure(CLI) (Wikipedia)
    • an open specification developed by Microsoft and standardized by ISO and ECMA that describes executable code and a runtime environment that allow multiple high-level languages to be used on different computer platforms without being rewritten for specific architectures.
  • Version Compatibility in the .NET Framework
  • How to: Determine Which .NET Framework Versions Are Installed
  • Installing the .NET Framework
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Considerations
    • .NET Framework 3.5 is not included by default in Windows® 8 or Windows Server® 2012
  • .NET Framework Client Profile

• Tools
  • Assembly Registration Tool (regasm.exe)

Windows SDKEdit

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK
• Desc. : supports developing applications for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 3.5, and .NET Framework 4.0.
• Downloads
  • Windows SDK for Windows 10
  • Windows SDK for Windows 8.1
  • Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

COM InteropEdit

• COM Interop Tutorials
• COM Interop Part 2: C# Server Tutorial
  • COM Interop Part 2 Sample
• Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM
• How to call a managed DLL from native Visual C++ code in Visual Studio.NET or in Visual Studio 2005 (maybe out of date)

C++/CLIEdit

• .NET Programming with C++/CLI
• Quick C++/CLI - Learn C++/CLI in less than 10 minutes (26 Jun 2007)
• Mixing Native and Managed Types in C++ (July 12, 2005)
• Using and extending the Orcas marshal_as library (12 Jul 2007)

WMI.NETEdit

• WMI .NET Overview
• How To: Provide Management Data
• Writing coupled WMI providers using WMI.NET Provider Extension 2.0

FrameworksEdit

UIEdit

WPFEdit

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754130.aspx
• Desc. : a next-generation presentation system for building Windows client applications with visually stunning user experiences
• Readings
  • WPF Fundamentals
  • Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Forms Controls in WPF
  • wpf over activeX (Mar 6 '13)

• API
  • .NET Framework 4.5 and 4.6 Class Library
  • System.Windows Namespaces
    • The System.Windows namespaces contain types used in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications, including animation clients, user interface controls, data binding, and type conversion.

Object ModelEdit

COMEdit

• COM Reference
• COM Functions

• COM & ATL

IoCEdit

UnityEdit

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff647202.aspx
• Desc. : a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container with optional support for instance and type interception
• License : Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
• Sources :
• Readings
  • Unity 3
    • Developer's Guide to Dependency Injection Using Unity
    • Unity Container 3 Class Library

Data Access/OR MappingEdit

ADOEdit

• ADOX Fundamentals
  • ADOX includes objects for schema creation and modification, as well as security.
• Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Jet

• Using ADOX with ADO.NET (Mar 11, 2010)

MyBatis.NETEdit

• https://code.google.com/archive/p/mybatisnet/
• Desc. :
• License :
• Readings
  • iBATIS.NET Data Access Objects Developer Guide
  • iBATIS.NET DataMapper Developer Guide
  • iBatisNet Tutorial
  • MyBatis.NET as DataMapper (6 Apr 2015)

NetworkingEdit

NancyEdit

• http://nancyfx.org/
• Desc. : a lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP based services on .Net and Mono
• License : MIT
• Sources : https://github.com/NancyFx/Nancy
• Readings
  • Official documentation

Akka.NETEdit

• http://getakka.net/
• Desc. : a toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and fault tolerant event-driven applications on .NET & Mono.
• License : Apache 2 license
• Sources : https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/
• Readings

LoggingEdit

log4netEdit

• http://logging.apache.org/log4net/
• Desc. : a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a variety of output targets
• License :
• Readings
  • Configuration
  • API documentation

NLogEdit

• http://nlog-project.org/
• Desc. : a free logging platform for .NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone with rich log routing and management capabilities
• License : BSD license
• Sources : https://github.com/NLog/NLog/
• Readings
  • Tutorial
  • Wiki
  • NLog 4 API documentation

TestingEdit

NUnitEdit

• http://www.nunit.org/
• Desc. : a unit-testing framework for all .Net languages
• License : MIT license
• Sources : https://github.com/nunit/nunit
• Readings
  • NUnit 3.0 Documentation
    • Constraints
  • Getting Started with NUnit

XMLUnitEdit

• http://xmlunit.sourceforge.net/
• Desc. : JUnit and NUnit testing for XML

LibrariesEdit

FundamentalEdit

EasyHookEdit

• https://easyhook.github.io/
• Desc. : makes it possible to extend (via hooking) unmanaged code APIs with pure managed functions, from within a fully managed environment
• License : MIT license
• Sources : https://github.com/EasyHook/EasyHook

• Readings
  • C# – Screen capture with Direct3D 9 API Hooks March 29, 2010

Smart Thread PoolEdit

• https://smartthreadpool.codeplex.com/
• Desc. : a thread pool written in C#.
• License : "Microsoft Public License":https://smartthreadpool.codeplex.com/license
• Sources : https://github.com/amibar/SmartThreadPool

SharpZipLibEdit

• http://icsharpcode.github.io/SharpZipLib/
• Desc. : a Zip, GZip, Tar and BZip2 library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform.
• License : GPL

Image ProcessingEdit

OpenCvSharpEdit

• https://github.com/shimat/opencvsharp
• Desc. : Cross platform wrapper of OpenCV for .NET Framework.
• License : BSD License

Emgu CVEdit

• http://www.emgu.com/
• Desc. : a cross platform .Net wrapper to the OpenCV image processing library.
• License : Dual License - GNU GPL license v3 or Commercial License

Vlc.DotNetEdit

• https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet
• Desc. : .NET control that hosts the audio/video capabilities of the VLC libraries
• License : MIT

GraphicsEdit

SlimDXEdit

• https://www.slimdx.org/
• Desc. : a free open source framework that enables developers to easily build DirectX applications using .NET technologies such as C#, VB.NET, and IronPython.
• License : MIT license
• Sources : https://code.google.com/archive/p/slimdx/source

• Readings
  • Official documentation

ToolsEdit

IDEEdit

Visual StudioEdit

• Readings
  • How to: Sign an Assembly
  • Unit testing existing C++ applications with Test Explorer
  • Configure unit tests by using a .runsettings file

Visual Studio ExpressEdit

• http://www.microsoft.com/express
• Desc. : a set of freeware integrated development environments (IDE) developed by Microsoft that are lightweight versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio product line.
• References
  • Visual C++ 2010 Compiler Options Listed by Category
    • For Visual Studio, compiler options are case-sensitive but linker options are case-insensitive
  • Visual C++ 2010 Setting Compiler Options/CL Environment Variables

• Readings
  • WindowsSdkDir is wrong, how to change?
  • Debugging in Visual Studio

• Downloads
  • Visual Studio Express 2010 ISO Image
  • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
    • ISO Image
  • Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop with Update 5

Visual Studio Addons/Extensions/PluginsEdit

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Language Pack
  • switch the language that's displayed in the Visual Studio user interface.

• Markdown Mode
  • Desc. : provides support for editing files that use the Markdown syntax.
  • License : Microsoft Public License

• Visual Studio Spell Checker
  • Desc. : checks the spelling of comments, strings, and plain text as you type or interactively with a tool window.
  • License : Microsoft Public License

MonoDevelopEdit

• http://monodevelop.com/
• Desc.: an IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages.
• License : LGPLv2

SharpDevelopEdit

• http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
• Desc. : a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform.
• License : GPLv2, LGPLv2
• Sources : https://github.com/icsharpcode/SharpDevelop
• Readings
  • #develop Features

DecompilerEdit

• Something Better than .NET Reflector?(Stack Overflow, Apr 15 '10)

ILSpyEdit

• http://ilspy.net/
• Desc. : the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler
• License

Dependency WalkerEdit

• http://www.dependencywalker.com/
• Desc. : a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules.
• License :
• Readings
  • Dependency Walker Path (DWP) Files

Monitoring and DiagnosticEdit

• Diagnostic Tools in Visual Studio
• Using Profiling Tools

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Stand-Alone ProfilerEdit

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18277

WPF Performance SuiteEdit

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969767.aspx
• Desc. : enables you to analyze the run-time behavior of your WPF applications and determine performance optimizations that you can apply

Process ExplorerEdit

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx
• Desc. : shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

DebuggingEdit

DebugViewEdit

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx
• Desc. : an application that lets you monitor debug output on your local Windows system, or any computer on the network that you can reach via TCP/IP.

Visual Leak DetectorEdit

• https://vld.codeplex.com/
• Desc. : a free, robust, open-source memory leak detection system for Visual C++.

• Readings
  • Visual Leak Detector: Investigate Memory Leaks in Visual C++(SEPTEMBER 11, 2010)
  • Visual Leak Detector - Enhanced Memory Leak Detection for Visual C++(14 Nov 2006)

WinDbgEdit

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDbg
• Desc. : a multipurpose debugger for the Microsoft Windows computer operating system, distributed on the Worldwide Web by Microsoft.
• License : commercial
• Readings
  • Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg, KD, CDB, NTSD)
  • Symbols for Windows debugging (WinDbg, KD, CDB, NTSD)
  • Getting Started with Windows Debugging
  • WinDbg. From A to Z!
• Downloads
  • Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4
  • Windows SDK for Windows 8
    • Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows SDK for Windows 8.1
    • Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2

DocumentationEdit

• C# XML Documentation Tutorial
• Recommended Tags for Documentation Comments (C# Programming Guide)

DocFXEdit

• http://dotnet.github.io/docfx/
• Desc. : tools for building and publishing API documentation for .NET projects
• License : The MIT License
• Sources : https://github.com/dotnet/docfx

SandcastleEdit

• https://sandcastle.codeplex.com/
• Desc. : a documentation compiler for Managed class library that generates Microsoft-style Help topics, both conceptual and API reference.
• License :
• Sources : https://github.com/NLog/NLog/tree/master/tools/Sandcastle
• Readings
  • Introduction
  • Sandcastle Help
  • Build scripts
    • Command-line batch script : build_Sandcastle.bat
    • MSBuild project : build.proj
    • Windows PowerShell script : scbuild.ps1
  • Sandcastle Help File Builder Documentation

Build ToolEdit

MSBuildEdit

• https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild
• Desc. : the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio
• License : MIT license
• Source : https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild
• Readings
  • Official documentation
  • MSBuild Reference
  • MSBuild Reserved and Well-Known Properties
  • How to: Use Environment Variables in a Build
    • All environment variables are available to the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) project file as properties.

InstallerEdit

WiX ToolsetEdit

• http://wixtoolset.org/
• Desc. : a set of tools that allows you to create Windows Installer-based deployment packages for your application.
• License : Common Public License
• Sources
  • WiX Toolset v3.x : https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3
  • WiX Toolset v4.x : https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix4

• References
  • WiX Official Manual
  • WiX Tutorial
    • Formatted Strings
      • Referencing properties, preprocessor variables and binder(linker) variables
      • Compile-time variable substitution : $(var.Foo)
      • Link-time(bind-time) variable substitution : !(bind.Bar)
    • Events and Actions
  • Tools
    • Linker(light.exe) options
  • Schemas
    • wix.xsd
    • Wix Element
  • Properties/Variables
    • Properties Guide
      • Properties are global variables that Windows Installer uses during an installation.
    • Property Reference (properties defined by Windows Installer)
      • ProductVersion property major.minor.build format
      • Operating System Property Values
    • System Folder Properties
    • Binder Variables
  • Actions
    • Windows Installer Standard Actions Reference
    • Standard Custom Actions
    • WixNetfxExtension
      • custom action to generate native code for .NET assemblies; properties to detect .NET Framework install state and service pack levels.

• Readings
  • Preprocessor
    • variables, conditional statements, iteration statement
  • How To: Add a File To Your Installer
  • How to create a directory in wix?(Jun 2 '12)
  • How To: Specify source files
  • How To: Generate a GUID
  • Create GUIDs online
  • How To: Check for .NET Framework Versions
  • How To: Install the Visual C++ Redistributable with your installer
  • WiX 3 Tutorial: Solution/Project structure and Dev resources(2010/02/11)
  • WiX 3 Tutorial: Understanding main WXS and WXI file(2010/02/17)
  • WiX 3 Tutorial: Generating file/directory fragments with Heat.exe(2010/02/23)
  • WiX 3 Tutorial: Custom EULA License and MSI localization(2010/04/15)
  • How To: Optimize build speed
  • Properties/Variables
    • What does square brackets syntax mean in WiX(May 29 '14)
    • Formatted data type of Windows Installer
      • a text string that is processed to resolve embedded property names, table keys, environment variable references, and other special substrings.
    • The WiX toolset's "Remember Property" pattern.(May 2, 2010)
  • UI
    • Built-in WixUI Dialog Sets
    • WixUI_Advanced Dialogs
    • Customizing Built-in WixUI Dialog Sets
    • WixUI_Advanced.wxs
    • WixUI_en-us.wxl
  • Actions
    • Quiet Execution Custom Action
    • Installation Phases and In-Script Execution Options for Custom Actions in Windows Installer
  • Localization
    • Code Pages
    • Code Page Identifiers
    • Locale ID (LCID)
    • WiX: How to create a single MSI file containing Install wizard in multiple languages?(Feb 4 '13)
    • How to create MSI packages with multilingual user interface (MUI) ?

Windows InstallerEdit

• Windows Installer(Wikipedia)
• Using Windows Installer
• Windows Installer Reference
• Formatted

Inno SetupEdit

• http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
• Desc. : A free installer for Windows programs.

• Readings
  • Inno Setup for Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013(Dec 20 '14)

Nullsoft Scriptable Install SystemEdit

• http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
• Desc. : A professional open source system to create Windows installers.

IExpressEdit

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd346760.aspx
• Desc. :
• License :

• Readings
  • IExpress Overview
  • IExpress Batch-mode Setup Switches
  • SED Overview
  • INF File Architecture
  • INF Files
  • Setup Information (.inf) Files
  • Setup Information File (.inf) Definition

Package ManagementEdit

NuGetEdit

• https://www.nuget.org/
• Desc. : the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET.
• License :
• Packages : https://www.nuget.org/packages
• Readings
  • Hosting Your Own NuGet Feeds

ChocolateyEdit

• https://chocolatey.org/
• Desc. : a package manager for Windows (like apt-get or yum but for Windows)
• License : AGPL
• Sources : https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey.org
• Packages : https://chocolatey.org/packages

• Commands
  • list
    • List/Search Command (choco list)
  • install
    • Install Command (choco install)

ScoopEdit

• http://scoop.sh/
• Desc. : A command-line installer for Windows
• License
• Sources : https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop